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Indonesia: Police interviews fugitive extremists cleric Rizieq Shihab in KSA over pornography distribution

National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian confirmed on Friday that a team of investigators had been dispatched to Saudi Arabia to question Rizieq.

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Source/Credit: The Jakarta Post
By TJP (Edited by AT/TOA) | August 19, 2017

Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab expects to return to Indonesia from Saudi Arabia following the move by the National Police to question him in the Middle Eastern kingdom in relation to a pornography case.

Rizieq, who played a key role in street protests that called for the prosecution of former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok" Purnama for blasphemy, was put on the police's most-wanted list after he fled to Saudi Arabia in late May.

Rizieq, a popular agitator of commotions against Ahmadiyah Muslims in Indonesia, was named a suspect in the pornography case following the spread of sexually explicit WhatsApp chats allegedly between him and Firza Hussein, who has also been named a suspect in the case.

Rizieq's lawyer, Kapitra Ampera, said after the questioning, which took place at the Indonesian Embassy in Jeddah, the FPI leader showed confidence that there would be a breakthrough in his case.

"He expects to have legal certainty, so that he can go back to Indonesia," he said as quoted by tempo.co.

Kapitra said with all the information he gave to police investigators during the interview, Rizieq was confident that it would be enough to overturn the allegation against him.

National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian confirmed on Friday that a team of investigators had been dispatched to Saudi Arabia to question Rizieq.


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